LONDON — A tentative deal was reached Wednesday to resolve a conflict dubbed the "Scallop Wars" over fishing rights off France's coast, British and French officials said. Officials and industry representatives said after talks in London that "an agreement on the…
MIAMI -- Florence became the first major hurricane of the Atlantic season Wednesday as it moves on a path that could take it toward Bermuda. The Category 3 hurricane's maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 120 mph. Hurricane Florence…
Afghan security forces stand guard near the main gate of Paghman district compound after a suicide bomb attack, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, in a 2015 file photo. REUTERS A deadly suicide bombing hit a sports club in western Kabul on…
United Nations Security Council, FILE photo Neptuul, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says President Donald Trump will chair a Security Council meeting on Iran during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York this…
A passenger ferry crosses as rescuers search in the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Sept. 5, 2018. AP GAUHATI, India -- Police were searching Wednesday for 22 people who were missing after a…
Police secures the area at the "Hambacher Forst" in Hambach near Cologne, Germany, September 5, 2018, where protesters have built a camp with tents and treehouses to stop the clearing of a forest for open pit mining. REUTERS BERLIN --…
A photo provided by the London Metropolitan Police on Sept. 5, 2018, shows two Russian nationals, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, who are charged with the attempted murder of ex-spy Sergei Skripal using the deadly nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury,…
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, attends a briefing at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan, Aug. 24, 2018. AP ISLAMABAD -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Pakistan…
An aerial view from a Jiji Press helicopter shows a ship that collided with a breakwater due to strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture, Sept. 5, 2018. Getty TOKYO -- One of Japan's busiest airports…
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk seen Jan. 23, 2017. Getty Elon Musk is apparently renewing his claims that a British diver who assisted in the rescue of a youth soccer team from a Thai cave earlier this year is…
Ruling out a strike by space debris or a micrometeoroid, Russian engineers say a small leak in a Soyuz crew ferry ship docked to the International Space Station was the result of a hole drilled into the wall of the…
PARIS -- The French agriculture minister says the country's navy is ready to intervene to prevent further clashes between French and British fishermen who angrily bumped boats over access to scallop fisheries off the French coast last week. The minister,…
PARIS -- The French agriculture minister says the country's navy is ready to intervene to prevent further clashes between French and British fishermen who angrily bumped boats over access to scallop fisheries off the French coast last week. The minister,…
The U.S. Embassy complex in Cairo, Egypt, is seen in a 2013 file photo. State Department The U.S. Embassy in Cairo warned American nationals to avoid the compound in Egypt's capital city on Tuesday after a security incident outside. Local…
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syria against launching an attack on the country's last rebel stronghold with the help of Russia and Iran, saying the offensive could trigger a "human tragedy." Syrian forces are massing around…
An image taken from video posted on Twitter by Michael Standaert on Sept. 2, 2018, shows a pole dancer performing during a back-to-school ceremony at the Xinshahui Kindergarten in Shenzhen, China. Twitter/Michael Standaert BEIJING -- A kindergarten principal in China…
High waves triggered by Typhoon Jebi are seen at a fishing port in Aki, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Sept. 4, 2018. KYODO/REUTERS TOKYO -- High winds and heavy rain whipped the Japanese cities of…
Monica Lewinsky at #IAmDancingMan party in Los Angeles in May 2015 Jonathan Alcorn / REUTERS JERUSALEM -- Monica Lewinsky said Tuesday that she stormed offstage at a Jerusalem speaking event because of an interviewer's "off limits" question about former President…
Counsel K.A Ramu, lawyer for American Gerald Mickelson, speaks to media after hearing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 4, 2018 Yam G-Jun / AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian court sentenced an American man to death by hanging…
Jalaluddin Haqqani, right, points to map of Afghanistan during visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, in October 2001 as his son Naziruddin , left, looks on STRINGER / REUTERS The founder of the Haqqani network, one of Afghanistan's most effective and feared…
RIO DE JANEIRO — Smoke rose Monday from the burned-out hulk of Brazil's National Museum, as recriminations flew over who was responsible for a huge fire that destroyed at least part of Latin America's largest collection of historical artifacts and documents. …
Smoke is seen during an explosion at the South African munitions depot in Somerset West, near Cape Town, South Africa September 3, 2018. Tony Da Silva/Twitter via Reuters SOMERSET WEST, South Africa — South African authorities say at least eight…
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. service member was killed and another wounded in an apparent insider attack in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO mission in Afghanistan said. U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission, said…
GENEVA -- People smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya's coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys, the…